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Bosnia by the Black Sea? Could Crimea be another BiH?

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Dr Gerard Toal

I have an op ed on this topic on the Open Democracy Russia website under the title “Could Crimea Be Another Bosnia?” http://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/gerard-toal/could-crimea-be-another-bosnia-republika-srpska-krajina For Bosnia specialists, below is the source I used for the opening quote. Specialists will know I … Continue reading →

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Just a River Runs Throught It? Transnistria, Moldova and Geopolitical Faultlines

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Dr Gerard Toal

Superman Lenin outside the Transnistrian Supreme Soviet Parliament Building De Facto states are commonly viewed as pawns in a game of Great Power geopolitics. They often exist as a consequence of Great Power intervention and crucial support at consequential moments … Continue reading →

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Mapping Europe’s Borderlands

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Dr Gerard Toal

I was one of three discussants of Steven Seegel’s tremendously impressive book Mapping Europe’s Borderlands: Russian Cartography in the Age of Empire at the Association for the Study of Nationalities conference in New York on 18th April. Larry Wolfe in … Continue reading →

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